20th Century Chaps
Who born in …
1900 became the first actor to win Best Actor Oscar in consecutive years?
1901 acquired the nickname of Satchmo, short for satchel mouth?
1902 was played on film by Ian Charleson in Chariots of Fire?
1903 became the leader of the Untouchables?
1904 became the first person to receive a gold disc for record sales?
1905 introduced the New Look in fashion circles in 1947?
1906 succeeded Cecil Day Lewis as Poet Laureate?
1907 married fellow thespian Vivien Leigh?
1908 became the first actor to play Dr Who on TV?
1909 went on to manage Elvis Presley?
1910 married eight times including liaisons with Lana Turner and Ava Gardner?
1911 acquired the nickname of The Butcher of Lyons?
1912 played Mike Stone in The Streets of San Francisco?
1913 became the 38th President of the USA?
1914 was the first wife of Ronald Reagan?
1915 married Margaret Kempson and Margaret Roberts?
1916 penned the novel The Carpetbaggers, loosely based on the life of Howard Hughes?
1917 penned the novel A Clockwork Orange?
1918 fell victim to an assassination on October 6, 1981?
1919 became the first black entertainer to host a TV show in the USA?
1920 founded the Unification church?
1921 is the most famous son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg?
1922 was a former Mrs John Le Mesurier?
1923 penned the novel Catch 22?
1924 became the godfather of Jennifer Aniston?
1925 won an Oscar for his role as Dragline in Cool Hand Luke?
1926 founded the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland?
1927 became a chart topping singer known as the Sultan of Sob?
1928 was convicted of the assassination of Martin Luther King?
1929 became a successful musician backed by The Paramount Jazz Band?
1930 recorded the last UK number one hit in the 1960s?
1931 provided the speaking voice of Darth Vader in Star Wars?
1932 became a country and western singer who committed suicide in 1996. Did he pull the trigger at four in the morning?
1933 became known as the Godfather of Soul?
1934 wrestled naked with Oliver Reed in Women In Love?
1935 became the first boxer to regain the World Heavyweight title?
1936 became the first President of Zimbabwe?
1937 was appointed US Secretary of State in January 2001?
1938 became a successful tennis star nicknamed the Rockhampton Rocket?
1939 provided lead vocals for Mott the Hoople?
1940 was the first Scottish footballer to be voted European Footballer of the Year?
1941 had the birth name of Robert Allen Zimmerman?
1942 died in 1969, and was mourned by his fellow band members in the Rolling Stones?
1943 played Gambit in The New Avengers?
1944 became the first boxer to beat Muhammed Ali?
1945 gained fame with a five letter name fronting Motorhead?
1946 was the first Welsh actor to play James Bond?
1947 became Vice President of the USA and was mocked for his inability to spell potato?
1948 had the birth name of Damon Vincent Furnier?
1949 was portrayed by Jim Carrey in the film Man on the Moon?
Who that died in …
1950 created Tarzan?
1951 wrote the song Keep the Home Fires Burning?
1952 became the third monarch of the House of Windsor?
1953 was a world leader known as The Man of Steel?
1954 played Casper Gutman in Casablanca?
1955 was a jazz legend nicknamed Bird?
1956 created Winnie the Pooh?
1957 was buried with a gold whistle bearing the inscription, “If you want anything just whistle”?
1958 the year after marrying Elizabeth Taylor?
1959 was born Jules Perry Richardson and perished alongside Buddy Holly?
1960 penned the novel A Town Like Alice?
1961 was a baseball legend nicknamed The Georgia Peach?
1962 was a founder member of The Beatles?
1963 created the mythical land of Narnia?
1964 was a singer known as Gentleman Jim?
1965 was a DJ that coined the term “Rock and Roll”?
1966 was a silent movie star nicknamed The Great Stone Face?
1967 was the killer of Lee Harvey Oswald?
1968 was assassinated by Sirhan B Sirhan?
1969 was a boxer whose knockout punch was known as Suzie Q?
1970 penned the novel A Room with a View?
1971 was America’s most decorated soldier in World War II?
1972 sang Thank Heaven for Little Girls in Gigi?
1973 was born with the birth name of Walden Robert Cassotto?
1974 was the successor of Charles de Gaulle?
1975 was played on film by Alan Rickman in Michael Collins?
1976 was the subject of the movie The Aviator?
1977 was executed by firing squad and was subject of the film The Executioner’s Song?
1978 was a Bulgarian defector who was assassinated by a poisoned umbrella tip?
1979 played Lennie Godber in Porridge?
1980 was the lead vocalist with AC/DC?
1981 created Dr Finlay?
1982 played Leonard Swindley in Coronation Street?
1983 penned A Streetcar Named Desire?
1984 was the only Olympic gold medallist to feature on the cover of Sergeant Peppers?
1985 acquired the nickname of the Baron of Beefcake in his acting career?
1986 founded Scientology?
1987 was an entertainer famed for his piano shaped swimming pool?
1988 was the younger brother of Maurice, Robin and Barry?
1989 played the title role in The Life of Brian?
1990 penned the autobiography Yes I Can?
1991 links the TV roles of Little Joe and Charles Ingalls?
1992 penned the novel Roots?
1993 narrated Michael Jackson’s thriller video?
1994 said, “There’ll be no whitewash in the White House”?
1995 played the Forger in The Great Escape?
1996 danced with Jerry the mouse in Anchors Aweigh?
1997 produced the Oscar winning movie Chariots of Fire?
1998 played the title role in Father Ted?
1999 held the title of Third Earl of Harrow?
Answers to 20th Century Chaps
1900 Spencer Tracy
1901 Louis Armstrong
1902 Eric Liddell
1903 Eliot Ness
1904 Glenn Miller
1905 Christian Dior
1906 John Betjeman
1907 Laurence Olivier
1908 William Hartnell
1909 Colonel Tom Parker
1910 Artie Shaw
1911 Josef Mengele
1912 Karl Malden
1913 Gerald Ford
1914 Jane Wyman
1915 Denis Thatcher
1916 Harold Robbins
1917 Anthony Burgess
1918 Anwar Sadat
1919 Nat King Cole
1920 Reverend Sun Myung Moon
1921 Prince Philip
1922 Hattie Jacques
1923 Joseph Heller
1924 Telly Savalas
1925 George Kennedy
1926 Ian Paisley
1927 Johnny Ray
1928 James Earl Ray
1929 Acker Bilk
1930 Rolf Harris
1931 James Earl Jones
1932 Faron Young
1933 James Brown
1934 Alan Bates
1935 Floyd Patterson
1936 Canaan Banana
1937 Colin Powell
1938 Rod Laver
1939 Ian Hunter
1940 Denis Law
1941 Bob Dylan
1942 Brian Jones
1943 Gareth Hunt
1944 Joe Frazier
1945 Lemmy
1946 Timothy Dalton
1947 Dan Quayle
1948 Alice Cooper
1949 Andy Kaufman
1950 Edgar Rice Burroughs
1951 Ivor Novello
1952 George VI
1953 Josef Stalin
1954 Sydney Greenstreet
1955 Charlie Parker
1956 AA Milne
1957 Humphrey Bogart
1958 Mike Todd
1959 The Big Bopper
1960 Nevil Shute
1961 Ty Cobb
1962 Stuart Sutcliffe
1963 CS Lewis
1964 Jim Reeves
1965 Alan Freed
1966 Buster Keaton
1967 Jack Ruby
1968 Robert Kennedy
1969 Rocky Marciano
1970 EM Forster
1971 Audie Murphy
1972 Maurice Chevalier
1973 Bobby Darin
1974 Georges Pompidou
1975 Eamon de Valera
1976 Howard Hughes
1977 Gary Gilmore
1978 Georgi Markov
1979 Richard Beckinsale
1980 Bon Scott
1981 AJ Cronin
1982 Arthur Lowe
1983 Tennessee Williams
1984 Johnny Weissmuller
1985 Rock Hudson
1986 L Ron Hubbard
1987 Liberace
1988 Andy Gibb
1989 Graham Chapman
1990 Sammy Davis Jnr
1991 Michael Landon
1992 Alex Haley
1993 Vincent Price
1994 Richard Nixon
1995 Donald Pleasence
1996 Gene Kelly
1997 Dodi Al-Fayed
1998 Dermot Morgan
1999 Screaming Lord Sutch